Military Veterans Farmer Training Movement is Growing
Our Farming Organization of the Year Award for 2010 went to the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (see [...]
Publications
Seeds: Organic, Open Pollinated, Non GMO Varieties
Planting time is coming soon. So I am starting to compile a list of sources for seed – with descriptions of the companies, links to catalogs, and information about how [...]
House Republicans Looking for Big Cuts in Ag Budget
Agriculture Targeted for 14 Percent Cut by House GOP On Thursday, February 3, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that next week he will set a budget [...]
Farmers Win! The Super Bowl and Agriculture
Super Bowl XLV gets a Texas-sized push from agriculture (By Texas Department of Agriculture) EXCERPT: When Super Bowl XLV kicks off Feb. 6 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, [...]
Slaughterhouse Access a Big Problem for Small Poultry Farmers
Small poultry farmers grapple with lack of slaughterhouses: Producers in Oregon and beyond can’t find places to butcher chickens (by Carla A. Wise – High Country [...]
An Interview with Former New York Times Food Columnist Mark Bittman
Faces & Visions of the Food Movement: Mark Bittman (Excerpt of the Article/Interview by Jen Dalton from Civil Eats – Click title to read it in its entirety) A week [...]
Research Results: More Efficient Beef Cattle Production
Strategies Developed for More Efficient Beef Cattle Production (By Sharon Durham, USDA-ARS) Reducing the amount of feed given to young female cows called heifers can result [...]
Research Results: No-Till Summer Fallow Stores Water
No-Till, Summer Fallow Stores Water in Central Great Plains (By Don Comis, USDA-ARS) Storing just one inch of water in an acre of soil is worth $25 to $30 per acre. That gets [...]
USDA Offers Policy Clarification: Updated Organic Program Handbook
AMS Press Release No. 014-11 (Soo Kim (202) 720-8998, Soo.kim@ams.usda.gov) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2011—The National Organic Program (NOP) today released an updated version [...]
How the next farm bill could plant a new crop of farmers
Originally published in Grist, by Lindsey Lusher Shute of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition (reprinted with permission from the author) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack [...]
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